9-letter words containing a, d, r, e
- arillated — (of seeds) having an aril
- aristides — known as Aristides the Just. ?530–?468 bc, Athenian general and statesman, who played a prominent part in the Greek victories over the Persians at Marathon (490), Salamis (480), and Plataea (479)
- arraigned — to call or bring before a court to answer to an indictment.
- arrogated — Simple past tense and past participle of arrogate.
- arrowhead — An arrowhead is the sharp, pointed part of an arrow.
- arseholed — very drunk
- arsenides — Plural form of arsenide.
- artevelde — Jacob van1290?-1345; Fl. statesman
- arytenoid — denoting either of two small cartilages of the larynx that are attached to the vocal cords
- ascarides — any parasitic roundworm of the genus Ascaris, found in the human small intestine and causing colic and diarrhea.
- ascenders — Plural form of ascender.
- ascendeur — a metal grip that is threaded on a rope and can be alternately tightened and slackened as an aid to climbing the rope: used attached to slings for the feet and waist
- asiderite — an iron-free meteorite consisting of friable material.
- asmoulder — in a smouldering or slowly burning manner
- aspirated — (of a stop) articulated with some force, so that breath escapes with audible friction as the stop is released
- assuredly — If something is assuredly true, it is definitely true.
- asteroids — Plural form of asteroid.
- astraddle — with a leg on either side of something
- astricted — Simple past tense and past participle of astrict.
- astringed — to compress; bind together; constrict.
- astrodome — a transparent dome on the top of an aircraft, through which observations can be made, esp of the stars
- atrophied — exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
- attainder — (formerly) the extinction of a person's civil rights resulting from a sentence of death or outlawry on conviction for treason or felony
- attenders — Plural form of attender.
- attracted — feeling a pleasing, alluring, or fascinating influence from someone or something
- attritted — to wear down (an opposing military force) by numerical superiority in troops or firepower.
- auditress — a female auditor
- auslander — (in a German-speaking country) a foreigner
- autocoder — (language) Possibly the first primitive compiler. AUTOCODER was written by Alick E. Glennie in 1952. It translated symbolic statements into machine language for the Manchester Mark I computer. Autocoding later came to be a generic term for assembly language programming.
- autodrome — a track or circuit for racing cars, go-karts, etc
- avertedly — in an averted or offended manner
- awardable — Capable of being awarded.
- axis deer — an Asian deer, Cervus (Axis) axis, of India and Sri Lanka, having a reddish-brown coat spotted with white.
- ayurvedic — Ayurvedic medicine is a type of complementary medicine, originally from India, that uses herbs and other natural treatments.
- azedarach — the astringent bark of the chinaberry tree, formerly used as an emetic and cathartic
- azederach — Alternative spelling of azedarach.
- backfired — Simple past tense and past participle of backfire.
- backorder — Commerce. an order or part of an order waiting to be filled.
- bacteroid — resembling a bacterium
- bad break — misfortune, period of bad luck
- bad paper — a less-than-honorable discharge from military service.
- bad-press — to act upon with steadily applied weight or force.
- badassery — (slang) The behaviour or quality of a badass.
- badgering — any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
- badinerie — a name given in the 18th century to a type of quick, light movement in a suite
- bakeboard — a board on which bread dough is rolled and kneaded
- balladeer — a singer of ballads
- balladier — a person who sings ballads.
- banbridge — a district in S Northern Ireland, in Co Down. Pop: 43 083 (2003 est). Area: 442 sq km (170 sq miles)
- band-role — a small flag or streamer fastened to a lance, masthead, etc.